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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1957

Page

3

Hogs Steady to 25 Cents Higher in Mixed North Market

Hogs were steady to mostly 25 cents higher in moderate trading as cattle receipts remained light. No. 2-3 hogs at 190-230 lbs traded around 19.50 to 20.25 with various lots up to 21.25. cattle receipts of 500 with calves 100 were insufficient to test prices. fed cattle and heifers offered were dealers steady with most bids around 18 to 22. sheep and spring lambs saw steady trade with good and choice lambs from 14 to 20.50.

Chicago Ma Veo Wan

Omaha cattle market report shows varied demand

In Omaha the cattle market lists 500 head, calves 75, and enough fed steers or heifers for a test. Slaughter cows are slow and weak with some carryover, bulls and feeders weak, stockers and feeders unchanged, utility cows 13.50 to 14.50, canners and cutters 11.50 to 13.25.

Omaha Ins

Cedar Rapids hog market gains and feed prices posted

Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were 15 cents higher Friday. Meat type butchers will be priced 10 to 50 cents a hundredweight over, and over fats 10 to 50 cents under the delivered. Eggs and field grass seed prices are listed with ranges for various grades and weights. Delivered Chicago hay prices and alfalfa values are also noted for several varieties.

Cedar Rapids

Des Moines Market Notes From Friday Receipts And Prices

Receipts Friday estimated 35,000, down from 47,000 week ago and 38,000 year ago, with Thursday actuals 30,000. Trading moderates while prices for butchers and sows rise up to 25 cents, much higher. Top hog price 19.75. trade ranges by weight class for barrows and gilts US No. 1-3 from 16.25 to 19.75, sows 270-550 pounds from 13.25 to 17.80, various weights listed with rising prices.

Rayee Essevess Des Moines INS U. S Waterloo

Sioux City Livestock Market Report

Sioux City cattle auction shows supply well below demand with scattered sales. Slaughter steers and heifers and cows offered in small lots, prices mostly steady. average to high quality heifers bring 20.00 to 22.25, utility and commercial cows 14.00 to 16.00, canners and cutters 12.00 to 13.75.

Sioux City INS

Chicago Produce Prices Mixed as Markets Hold Steady

Live poultry and butter show steady movement in Chicago markets while eggs and potatoes display irregular trends. California and Arizona listed prices for long whites and round reds reflect varied quality levels and demand conditions.

Chicago U. S California Arizona Reds

New York Produce Butter Prices Steady on Receipts

USDA notes butter steady with receipts of 285000. Quotations unchanged for EGOGS unsettled with receipts 13000 and extra large 45 to 48 cents per pound. Prices for various sizes range 32 to 33 and a half cents, extras 31 to 32 and a half cents, standards large 30 to 31 and a half cents, cheeks 22 to 25 cents.

New York USDA

Oxford Woman Hurt In Fall from Auto

Adeline Kutcher 38 of Oxford was injured Thursday night when she fell from a car driven by her husband Earl after a door opened on a turn from Highway 6 onto a county road about 13 miles west of Iowa City. She was taken to Mercy Hospital in good condition.

Iowa City Adeline Kutcher Oxford New

Farmland values reach new peak despite market shifts

U S Department of Agriculture data shows continuing rise in farm real estate values, with Morris Katz noting persistent gains as land prices hit another peak despite broader market uncertainties.

Referendum Boosts Wheat Market Amid Market Quotas Support

Active rally in wheat on Friday helped by short covering and mill buying. Farmers approve marketing quotas for the 1958 crop, lifting the support price to 1.78 per bushel. July prices show notable gains across grains and fats with mixed movements in nearby futures.

Chicago

Chicago Cashel Provisions Market Update

Chicago Cashel Provisions reports mixed commodity prices with wheat and corn varying by grade. No. 3 yellow corn at 1.32 to 1.33 per bushel and soybeans oil at 11 to 44 cents. Barley priced around 1.30 to 1.40 per unit with oats at No. 1 heavy and futures details noted.

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Hickenlooper To Speak At Clinton Dedication

Republican Senator B. B. Hickenlooper of Iowa will headline Saturday’s dedication of a new two million dollar corn research center in Clinton. The Clinton Corn Processing Company, a Standard Brands division, will use the facility to expand markets for corn and explore new outlets.

Clinton B. B. Hickenlooper Iowa Clinton Corn Processing Company Standard Brands Inc R. C. Wagner

Italian Immigrant James Zarriello Invites Mother for Visit

Chicago report notes James Zarriello left Italy at 17 and now 52 invites his mother to see his success in America. She greets him with a blunt remark about his weight, highlighting their family moment. The vignette underscores long immigrant journey and reunion.

Chicago James Zarriello Italy United States

Stocks Slip for Fourth Straight Session on Friday

New York reports a fourth consecutive stock decline as the market slides in a week marked by its worst five month loss. Leading issues drop fractions, roughly two points, with trading volume at about 1.97 million shares.

New York

Junior Chamber Delegations Visit Cedar Rapids Stops

Two state delegations from the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Milwaukee will stop in Cedar Rapids Sunday. The Colorado Jaycee motor caravan will refresh at Armstrong's Parking Garage around 3 p.m. with about 100 people collecting Cedar Rapids souvenirs. The Kansas delegation, about 100 strong, arrives at 9:30 p.m. will receive refreshments at the same garage and stay overnight at the Roosevelt hotel.

National Junior Chamber of Commerce Milwaukee Cedar Rapids Colorado Jaycee Armstrong’s Kansas Roosevelt Hotel

Move of Soviet ships continues through Bosphorus

Three more Soviet motor torpedo boats passed the Bosphorus en route from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean where the Sixth Fleet and NATO plan a major exercise next week. Observers saw potential unofficial monitoring but no official link to the exercise.

Istanbul Bosphorus Black Sea Mediterranean U.S NATO Dardanelles Naples Sixth Fleet

City to fog spray for mosquitoes this weekend

Tama Tama hires Des Moines firm Town Fogging and Spraying Service to fog spray the city for mosquitoes this weekend with another spray planned in August. The city and the Chamber of Commerce will each pay for one spraying of the city.

TAMA Des Moines Chamber of Commerce

Marion notices and visits dot town life

Marion residents host visitors from Water town and De Smet South Dakota. Kiwanis convention plans in Philadelphia are noted. Sailor Devere Fehr retires after 20 years in the Navy. Storm’s ad lists quick sale items and neighborhood happenings fill this clipping.

Devere Fehr Clara Tilton Marion United States Navy

Spring Pig Crop About Same as '56

The agriculture department reports the 1957 spring pig crop at 53,170,000 head, near the 1956 level of 53,186,000. Sows farrowed were 7,466,000, down 3 percent from 7,665,000 in 1956, while pigs saved per litter averaged 7.12, a spring high. Breeding intentions point to 5,308,000 sows to farrow this fall, suggesting a 37 million fall crop and a combined 90 million for 1957, about 1 percent above 1956 and the 1946-55 average. Iowa spring crops reached 12,117,000 in 1957 and 12,281,900 in 1956.

Washington Agriculture Department Iowa

Four Injured in Two Car Crash at City Intersection

Four people were hurt at 9 pm Thursday in a two car collision at D avenue and Seventeenth street NE. Virginia Moenck 1112 First Avenue NW was driver in one car and suffered a cut nose and elbow and knee injuries. Robert Daniels 13 of 1613 D Avenue NE, Charles Whipple 23 of 631 Tenth Street SE and Leo Nissen 21 of Lisbon were passengers with minor cuts. The Moody car driven by Jack Moody 24 of route 3 carried three youths with minor injuries. All were treated at St. Luke's hospital. Police said the Moody car was pushed over a curb into a front yard and Mrs Moenck was charged with failure to yield.

D Avenue Seventeenth Street NE Virginia Moenck First Avenue NW Robert Daniels D Avenue NE Charles Whipple Tenth ‘Street Leo Nissen Lisbon Route 3 St. Luke’s Hospital Moody Moenck

William Frubois 73 Dies in Mt Vernon Nursing Home

William Frubois aged 73 died at a Mt. Vernon nursing home Thursday. He was born February 7, 1884 in London and married Maria Hasenbank in January 1909. Surviving daughter Cornelia Hirtzler of Marion. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Chapman Funeral Home with burial in St. John’s Cemetery.

Clarence — William Frubois Mt. Vernon London Maria Hasenbank Cornelia Hirtzler Marion Chapman Funeral Home St. John’s Cemetery

Oldest Tipton Resident Fannie Leabhart Dies at 93

Fannie Leabhart 93 Tipton's oldest resident died Friday after a sudden illness. Born Sept 16 1863 in West Liberty she was widow of W O Leabhart who died in 1931 Survived by son C H Herm Leabhart Tipton and brother Harry Barnes Valley Falls Kan Services Sunday 2 p m Sheets and Dahn funeral parlors burial at Tipton Masonic cemetery

Tipton Fannie Leabhart West Liberty W. O. Leabhart C. H. “Herm” Leabhart Harry Barnes Valley Falls Kan Sheets

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Policies Summary

The Gazette outlines one day, three day, and seven day ad rates with 70 cents to 7 dollars for different line counts. It notes that the paper is not responsible for errors beyond its control and requires advance payment for out of town ads.

the Gazette The Lane Gay Gazette Care of the Gazette

Cedar Rapids hosts three week economics education workshop

A three week Iowa workshop on economic education runs in Cedar Rapids from June 14 to July 3 with sessions on who gets the output of the American economy. Prof Donald G Davison of Cornell College leads the opening discussion, with later topics on conservation, agricultural policy, labor and management views, foreign policies, and taxes and spending.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Fort Dodge Iowa Council On Economic Education Des Moines Davenport Sioux City Donald G. Davison Cornell College Clark Bloom Lewis ‘Wagner SUI A. D. Goldstine Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Legion Post Elects New Officers

GARRISON Clarence Lynder has been elected commander of the Legion post here. Other officers are Ben Corbett vice commander Dale Rommann adjutant Leo Donnelly treasurer Earl Bashore chaplain Frank Arensberg historian Homer Lockard sergeant at arms.

Clarence Lynder Legion Ben Corbett Dale Rommann Leo Donnelly Earl Bashore Frank Arensberg Homer Lockard

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